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This is a critical review of methods used to measure the size of the intracranial cerebrospinal fluid spaces with conventional air encephalography and with computed tomography.
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Sabattini, L. Evaluation and measurement of the normal ventricular and subarachnoid spaces by CT. Neuroradiology 23, 1–5 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399698
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